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The comment period on NCUA's notice of proposed rulemaking on alternative capital ended last week, and judging by the letters, another battle is brewing.

Sovrin, a new blockchain for the creation and management of digital identities, may help credit unions save money and fight fraud while returning power to individuals.

The $248 million for the CDFI Fund is a defeat for President Trump, who had proposed scrapping the fund entirely in his initial budget proposal.

The trade association's lawsuit challenging new field-of-membership rules may have the opposite effect, as more credit unions consider expansion before the litigation is resolved.

Credit unions must go on the offense to achieve regulatory relief, but they will be aided by a Congress and administration interested in many of the same measures, the CUNA CEO said.

Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow credit unions to increase their business lending.

The industry should not discourage credit unions from having a full platter of choices when it comes to advocacy.

The advent of more choice for credit unions when it comes to trade groups appears to be a dialogue few industry leaders want to tackle.

Lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle voiced their support Wednesday for keeping credit unions' federal tax exemption intact even as the Trump administration and Congress prepare to make sweeping changes to the tax code.

Lawmakers, regulators, pundits and more took part in this year's CUNA GAC, reminding credit unions that the movement has stalwart friends on both sides of the aisle.